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Goes to show how the Naval Service and Coast Guard are great value for money as is the good charity work of the RNLI.
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IT says it was a US boat, the Rambler 100, in Force 5 conditions.
If so this - Rambler 100 - Luxury Yacht Charter & Superyacht News
says it had recently set a new record for an Atlantic crossing in a monohull.
21 persons seems like a very large crew for such a boat.
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It is a maxi. See the pic in the link I posted.
Photo by Mark Lloyd.
Last edited by He3; 16th August 2011 at 12:44 AM.
I have seen the pics.Originally Posted by He3
However relative to overall boat size there were too many people on board.
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Where were you when they were trying to find out what the optimum crew size should be?
Bloody clueless professional sailors!
"It is important therefore that I clarify to the House that in the first instance there are significant monies within Anglo-Irish to take the strain of loan losses arising over the next three or four years, before State support is engaged." Brian Lenihan 15/01/09
Look at this about the EPIRB and the Valentia CG staff Vic -
"It has emerged that the Rambler 100 ’s emergency position indicating radio beacons did not activate immediately when the 100ft yacht capsized just before 6.30pm on Monday, three nautical miles south of Fastnet Rock. The beacons did not start transmitting until 4am yesterday.
However, a weak signal from a personal radio beacon worn by one of the crew was relayed from Kinloss search and rescue in Scotland to the Irish Coast Guard’s Marine Rescue Co-Ordination Centre in Dublin and on to Valentia.
The three radio officers on duty at Valentia – John O’Sullivan, James Lynch and Maurice Curtin – scrambled to confirm the identity of the beacon’s owner, what yacht he or she was on and the yacht’s location. They tasked the Irish Coast Guard Shannon and Waterford helicopters, the Baltimore lifeboat and local boats including the Wave Chieftain , a dive boat skippered by Jerry Smith who is also deputy cox of Baltimore lifeboat.
Using a US computer programme developed to track pollution, Mr O’Sullivan calculated the most probable “drift track” of the boat and missing crew, while Mr Lynch and Mr Curtin worked on radio."
Valentia Coast Guard calculations 'crucial' to rescue of five crew adrift - The Irish Times - Wed, Aug 17, 2011
Overcrowding on small vessels is a common cause of capsizing.
There were too many people on that postage stamp boat.
The African slave boats had more comfort.
Can you imagine what the one head was like?
Its no wonder she overturned,the stench alone would do it.
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The professionalism of the Valentia Rescue centre crew is evidenced once again. The need for this station to remain in operation long into the future couldn't be clearer.
What might the outcome have been here, if a previous attempt to close it down had been successful? Who knows, let's hope we never have to find out.
Valentia group slate coast guard proposals - News, frontpage - Kerryman.ie
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